The Weekly Fly: The Original Library
This package contains the original 220 streamable HD720 videos from the library of The Weekly Fly playable on your mobile device or computer or smart TV. They can also be found via the VHX Roku channel.This includes patterns filmed with stars of the Fly Tying world including Wayne Luallen, Bob Jacklin, Boots Allen, and many others. From Salmon flies to softhackles and everything in between.
This package is separate from the UHD/4K monthly subscription. That subscription option does include these patterns in their original resolution as wells as new patterns in 4K / UHD resolution.
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Al Ritt: ARF Harey Dun
RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco 101 sz 14 through 18
Tail: Mayfly Tails, Medium Dun (tied long and split)
Abdomen: Quill, Pale Morning Dun
Wing: Snowshoe hare, Medium Dun (hair from back feet)
Thorax: SuperFine Dubbing, Pale Morning Dun
Hackle: Dun (tied Marinaro thorax style) -
Al Ritt: ARF Articulated Sculpin
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 2451 sz 2 through 4
Articulated Shank: 55mm through 35mm
Flymen Fishing Company Sculpin Helmet: Large or Small - Brown
Tail: Marabou, Black Barred Tan (tied on hook) supported by several wraps of Brown Saddle Hackle
Butt: Marabou, Black Barred Tan supported by se... -
Al Ritt: Ritt's Fighting Crayfish
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai-Riki 700B
Thread: UTC 70 Denier
Eyes: Black Round Rubber
Body: Whitlock Crawdub SLF Dubbing
Legs: Saddle Hackle palmered through body and brushed out Dubbing
Weight: Lead Dumbell Eyes
Antennea: Crystal Flash
Carapace: Thin Skin
Claws: Foam Claws Mounted on Round Rubbe... -
Al Ritt: ARF Midge Pupa
RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco 2487
Antennea: Organza, White
Bead: Glass, Gunmetal
Underbody: Thread, Red
Rib: Wire, X-Small Silver
Overbody: Micro Tubing, Clear
Wing: Organza, White
Thorax: Hare’e Ice Dub, Harder’s Bloody Black -
Al Ritt: L2HF Hi-Vis Damsel
RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco 2488
Thread: UTC 70 Denier
Tail: Byed and Barred Braided Leader Butt (Available from Hareline Dubbin’ as “Adult Damsel Body”)
Thorax: Super Fine Dubbing
Wing: Organza
Foam Back: Narrow strip of 2mm Closed Cell Foam, majority of length split so foam is 2 narrow legs jo... -
Al Ritt: ARF Tung-Syn PT
RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco 3769 sz 12 through 18
Bead: Tungsten Copper
Tail: Krystal Flash, Root Beer over Pearl
Abdomen: Glitter D Rib, Root Beer
Wing Case: Mirage Tinsel
Thorax: Hare’e Ice, Peacock -
Al Ritt: L2HF Harey Yellowstone
RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco 100 or 101
Thread: UTC 70 Denier
Body: Yellow Super Fine Dubbing
Thorax: Yellow Super Fine Dubbing
Wing: White (winter phase) hair from the bottom of a snowshoe hare’s hind foot
Egg Sack: Red Foam
Trailing Bubbles: 2 strands of Mirage Opal Flash
Rib: Yellow Dyed Gri... -
Al Ritt: L2H Slim Flash Damsel
From Al:
I grew up in Michigan and have fished as long as I can remember. After graduating college, I moved to California and gravitated toward fly fishing almost exclusively. I have been tying “seriously” since 1983 and have been a tying instructor both independently and for several Colorado fl... -
Ben Byng: CDC Yellow Sally
RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco 5212BL #12-#16
Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0 Tan
Undertail: Z-lon Amber
Tail: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
Abdomen: 1/3 Dubbing Flourescent Orange 2/3 Dubbing Creamy Yellow
Wing: Z-lon Dun
Thorax: Dubbing Creamy Yellow
Hackle: CDC Light Dun
Wing Case: Ethafoam Thin -
Ben Byng: Guinea Fowl Parachute
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1190 #14
Thread: 8/0 Tan
Tail: Dun Hackle
Body: Tan Dubbing
Thorax: Tan Dubbing
Wing post: Guinea Fowl Feather
Legs: Dun Hackle. -
Ben Byng: AP Pontoon Dun
RECIPE:
Hook- #16 standard dry fly hook
Thread- pmd yellow 8/0
Tail- medium dun hackle fibers
Body- pmd yellow superfine dubbing
Wings and legs- medium dun cdc
Head- pmd yellow superfine dubbing -
Boots Allen: Quick Descent Baetis Nymph
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Ben Byng: Damsel Lite
This fly is great for the skinny damsel nymphs found in lakes in the Sierra Nevadas.
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1270 size 8
Thread: 8/0 Olive
Eyes: Mono
Tail: Jay Fair brown/olive marabou
Body: Jay Fair brown/olive marabou ribbed with chartreuce flashabou
Thorax: Jay Fair brown/olive long s... -
Ben Byng: AP Pontoon Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook- #16 light wire scud
Thread- Pmd yellow 8/0
Tail/shuck- brown zelon
Body- pmd yellow superfine
Wing and legs- medium dun cdc
Head- pmd/yellow superfine dubbing -
Boots Allen: Kispiox Zonker
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad 34011, Size 1/0.
Thread: Black 3/0 Flat Wax Nylon
Eyes: Black Dumbbell eyes, size to match hook
Overbody: Black Magnum Zonker Strip.
Body: 1 mm two or single color foam. Dubbing can be used as an alternative. A variety of color can be used.
Lateral Line: Purple Flasha... -
Ben Byng: Skwala Stone Dry Fly
RECIPE:
Hook- #10 2 x long dry
Thread- black for the back section and orange for the front
Egg- black foam
Tails- brown goose biots
Body- dark olive/green micro chenille
Under wing- anti static mylar
Over wing- root beer micro crystal flash
Main wing and head- medium dun cdc
Legs-black... -
Ben Byng: CDC Caddis
Great highly visible caddis pattern.
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1190 #16
Thread: 8/0 Tan
Tail: Amber z-lon
Body: Light olive Hairtron dubbing, ribbed with opal flash
Wing: Tan CDC, topped with partridge
Legs: Ginger Hackle.
Head: CDC and Partridge -
Ben Byng: CDC Green Drake
RECIPE
Hook- #14 light wire scud/Czech nymph style
Thread- olive
Body- olive superfine dubbing
Wing-post-natural cdc dyed dark olive
Wing-post side-yellow dyed mallard flank
Hackle-med. Dyed dun rooster neck -
Boots Allen: Brown Drake Emerger
Boots Allen Ties his Brown Drake Emerger.
Runtime: 19:42Boots Allen is a third generation guide and outfitter from Western Wyoming. Over the last 18 years, he has had the opportunity to fish and guide at destinations around the world, including Argentina, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Costa ...
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Bob Jacklin: Green Caddis Rock Worm
Bob Jacklin (www.jacklinsflyshop.com) has been a fly fishing guide and outfitter in the Yellowstone region for over 37 years. He is a world class fly fisherman, fly tyer, and fly casting instructor. Bob holds a Masters Certification as a fly casting instructor, and sits on the FFF’s Board of Gove...
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Bob Jacklin: Giant Salmon Fly
RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco #200r Size 4 and 6
Thread: Flo. Orange 210 Denier
Tail: None
Egg Sack: Black Elk or Deer Hair
Body: Salmon Fly Orange Dubbing over Dyed Black Elk Hair
Ribbing: Two Brown Saddle Hackles
Wing: Long Blond Elk Hair
Legs: Black Rubber Legs, Med
Head and Collar: Bullet H... -
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Bob Jacklin: Grey Wulff
RECIPE:
Hook: 1 X long
Thread: 6/0 or 3/0 Black
Tail: Fine Brown Bucktail
Body: Gray Angora Yarn
Wing: Fine Brown Bucktail Divided
Hackle: 2 Blue Dun Gray Hackles
Head: Black thread -
Boots Allen: Lantham Crayfish
RECIPE:
Hook: Alec Jackson style 1/0 salmon hook (example- TMC 7999)
Thread: UTC 140, Burnt Orange
Claws: Ringneck pheasant neck feathers (those coming off the neck saddles directly posterior of white ringneck feathers)
Appendages: Four strands of copper Flashabou, plus two strands of peaco... -
Boots Allen: Booty's Baitfish
RECIPE:
Hook: Standard 1/0 or 2/0 saltwater hook (example- Mustad 34007)
Thread: Chartruese 3/0 flat wax nylon
Body: Ice or Krystal Flash chenille, gold or light olive
Top Wing: Super Hair or Crinkle Hair, blue
Interior Lateral Line: Krystal Flash chenille - gold or pearl
Exterior Lateral... -
Boots Allen: Booty's Mahogany Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook: Standard dry fly or emerger hook, size 10 to 16
Thread: Black 6/0 or 8/0
Shuck: Brown ostrich herl
Abdomen: Brown camel dubbing
Ribbing: Fine 5 grain gold or copper wire
Thorax: .5mm closed cell razor foam, tan
Hackle: Brown Rooster
Wing: Dark Gray EP Fibers -
Boots Allen: Day-2 Midge Pupa
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 3769, size 18
Wing/Gills: White cdc puff
Head/Bead: Clear glass or tin, copper, or tungsten bead
Body: Olive, tan or gray monochord
Ribbing: Black 8/0 thread
Collar: Peacock herl -
Boots Allen: Booty's PMD Emerger
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Boots Allen: My My Shrimp
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai-Riki 135, Size 8-12
Thread: Clear, fine monochord
Eyes: Black dumbbell eyes, size to match hook
Antennae: Pearlescent Silli Legs
Body: Pearl Diamond Braid
Hackle: White
Shellback: White or tan Scud Skin
Ribbing: Fine black wire -
Boots Allen: Monkey Mouse
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad 34011, size 4 to size 2/0
Thread: Black 3/0
Tail: Strip of antelope hide colored black
Shellback: Two strips of black and white, two-tone, 2mm foam
Body: Black Ice chenille
Legs: Four strips of black rubber, knotted to form knee and ankle joints -
Bob Jacklin: Giant Salmon Fly Nymph
RECIPE
Hook: Dai-Riki #270 or Tiemco #200R, sizes 2,4,6
Thread: Black, 3/0 or 140 Denier Nylon
Tail: Two Black Goose Biots
Body: Bicycle Tire Inner Tube, Cut to shape and wrapped over #2 lead wire
Thorax: Tan Australian Opossum Dubbing
Wing Cases: Bicycle Inner Tube, cut to shape
Legs: N... -
Dandy Reiner: Stock Body CDC Drake Dun
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai-Riki 320 12-10
Thread: Red 8/0
Body: Cock De Leon stems-stripped of feathers
Wing: CDC-Natural Dun or Natural Dyed Olive
Thorax & Head: Superfine Dubbing-Olive Brown
Tail: Moose hair-4or5 strands -
Boots Allen: Double Humpy
RECIPE:
Hook: Any standard dry fly hook, sizes 6 to 10.
Thread: Yellow, orange, green, or red 3/0 flat wax.
Tail and Body: Mule deer hair from the neck and facial area.
Hackle: Fine grizzly hackle. I typically will use silver or gold label hackle from Whiting Farms. -
Dan Delekta: Delektable Little Red Spanker
RECIPE
Hook: Nymph Hook 2XH, 2XL in sizes #14, #16, and #18
Thread: Red 6/0 Danville
Bead Head: Silver Color in 3/32 size for sizes #14 and #16; 5/64 for #18 and #20
Tail: 8 Fibers of Mallard Flank dyed Medium Dun Color
Body: Holographic Red Tinsel Medium size super glued down; Do-Not get th... -
Boots Allen: Tara-X
RECIPE:
Hook: standard dry fly hook, sizes 4 to 10.
Thread: 3/0 in gray, yellow, green, brown, cream, or orange.
Tail: golden pheasant neck feathers or Amherst pheasant neck feathers.
Body: 1 mm two or single color foam. Dubbing can be used as an alternative. A variety of color can be used.... -
Boots Allen: Elk Liver Nymph
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Dandy Reiner: CDC Spent Wing Midge
Dandy Reiner grew up among the rivers and streams of Montana. She started fly fishing as a child along with her sister, under the tutelage of their father Dean Reiner, a long time Montana Outfitter. After completing her education at Montana State University, earning a degree in English Literature...
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Dave McKee: Firebead Scud
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai Riki #135 size 14-16
Bead: 1/8 or 7/64 Orange Fire Bead
Thead: Gray 6/0
Rib: Silver Wire
Shellback: Pearlescent Strip
Hackle (legs): Cream or Lt. Dun
Body: Gray or Lt. Pink Scud Dub -
Brandon Tueller: Thunder Multi
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Dave Bloom: The Buzzball
Dave was born and raised in Great Falls and has spent his life fishing the waters of southwest Montana. He began his guiding career in 1985 on the Henry’s Fork, the South Fork of the Snake and the Teton in Idaho. In 1995, he moved closer to home when he guided on the famous Montana rivers around ...
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Charles Barton: Pinecone
From Charles:
I have been tying stuff onto hooks for a long time. It began with poppers and jig heads, which served the fishing I was taught to do by my father. By the age of twelve I was approaching burn out from fishing the warm water mud pit impoundments of central Arkansas. Dear ol` Dad save... -
Boots Allen: Quad Bunny
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad 34011, Size 1/0.
Thread: Black 3/0 Flat Wax Nylon
Bead: Tungsten Cone and Bead Combo
Underbody: Olive Magnum Zonker Strip
Overbody: Black Magnum Zonker Strip.
Lateral Line: Barred Red Zonker Strip
Collar: Peacock Herl -
Dave McKee: Shrimp Cocktail
This is writer and outfitter Dave McKee of Dave McKee Flyfishing, LLC out of Bozeman, MT. He specializes in both trout and carp fishing in SW Montana as well as being an Umpqua signature tier, he writes a weekly outdoors column for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, and he's developed his own line of c...
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Chris Williams: Flash Midge Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 102Y #21, or TMC 2488 #20-30
Thread: black UTC 70
Tail: Callibaetis colored antron dubbing shuck
Body: black Flashabou
Thorax: peacock eye fibers
Wing: dun or tan poly twisted and tied in a loop
Legs: Whiting midge grizzly, speckled badger, or dun palmered through the p... -
Dave Tucker: Black Eye
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi #2051
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni Thread
Body: Purple Wool
Ribbing: Oval Silver Tinsel
Hackle: Blue Eared Pheasant Palmered Full Length of Body
Throat Hackle: Peacock Neck Feather
Wing: Bronze Mallard -
Dandy Reiner: Sulphur Dun
RECIPE:
Hook: Dia-Riki #320 18 & 20
Thread: Uni-Thread, Trico, 17/0 or Light Cahill 10/0
Body: Turkey Biot, Sulphur
Thorax: Superfine Dubbing, Sulphur Orange
Tail: Micro Fibbets, White -
Dandy Reiner: Rusty Spinner
RECIPE:
Hook: Dia-Riki #320, #16 and 18
Thread: Uni-Thread, Brown 8/0
Rib: Monofiliment, Clear
Body: Turkey Biot, Rusty Brown
Thorax: Superfine Dubbing, Brown
Tail: Micro fibbets, White
Wing: CDC, White or Natural Dun -
Dave Bloom: Bloom's Black And Gold
RECIPE:
This video is now available as an HD DOWNLOAD!
Hook: Alec Jackson Spey (Gold) #3-#7
Thread: 6/0 Black
Tail: Hot Red or Hot Orange Golden Pheasant Crest
Body: Black SLF with small oval gold tinsel rib
Wing: Orange Artic Fox under Golden Pheasant Rump -
Dave Bloom: Bloom's Black Parachute Ant
Dave was born and raised in Great Falls and has spent his life fishing the waters of southwest Montana. He began his guiding career in 1985 on the Henry’s Fork, the South Fork of the Snake and the Teton in Idaho. In 2001 Dave returned to his home waters of the Missouri, which had been the river ...
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Dave Bloom: Bloom's Rusty Flying Ant
Dave was born and raised in Great Falls and has spent his life fishing the waters of southwest Montana. He began his guiding career in 1985 on the Henry’s Fork, the South Fork of the Snake and the Teton in Idaho. In 1995, he moved closer to home when he guided on the famous Montana rivers around ...
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Dave Bloom: Bloom's Parachute Caddis
This pattern is a parachute caddis he uses on the big MO.
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC #921 #12-#18
Thread: Tan
Body: Golden Pheasant Tail
Thorax: Hare's Ear
Wing: Light Elk Downwing with black, hot orange, or pink post
Cree or Dark Ginger variant wrappted as parachute hackle -
Dave Bloom: Leadeye Gotcha
RECIPE:
Hook: Gamakatsu #2 SW
Thread: Shell Pink FW
Eyes: Med Lead Eye
Tail/Body: Pearl flat braid
Wing: Sand Craft Fur and Pearl Krystal Flash
Glue: 30 min Epoxy -
Boots Allen: Peacock
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad 34011, Size 1/0; or Dai Riki #710, Size 4
Thread: Red 3/0 Flat Wax Nylon
Tail: Amber or Copper Krystal Flashabou
Body: Krystal Flash Chenille
Wing: Two Married Strips of Peacock Sword
Beard: Angel Hair -
Dave Tucker: Purple Akroid
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi #2051
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni Thread
Tail: Golden Pheasant Crest
Body: Rear half, Orange Wool, front half, Purple Wool
Ribbing: Fine Oval Silver Tinsel for rear half, larger Oval Silver Tinsel for front half
Hackle: Small Orange Saddle Hackle over rear half, Blue Eared... -
Chris Williams: CW's CDC & Foam Green Drake Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 2488 #12 or Partridge Klinkhammer #14
Thread: UTC 70 olive
Tail: March Brown antron dubbing shuck
Body: Underbody of Olive Superfine Dubbing, and overbody of Blue-Wing Olive turkey biot tied with a furled body
Thorax: Olive Superfine Dubbing with a translucent grey Razorf... -
Dave Bloom: Bloom's Emergent PMD Nymph
Dave Bloom has been an outfitter and guide in Montana and Idaho over 20 yrs as well as a dedicated steelheader in the Northwest. In addition he has guided in Chile and worked for Montana Fly Company in central America. He also has several of his patterns licensed by Idlywild Flies out of Portland...
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Dave Tucker: Lady Caroline
According to his mother, Dave began fishing with an actual fly while backpacking in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains. Such trips were an inspiration for Dave. Returning home, he would scrounge materials and begin tying. Dave has studied fly casting under Joan Wulff, worked with school districts to deve...
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Dave Bloom: Foxy Charlie
RECIPE:
Hook: Gamakatsu #5 Saltwater
Thread: Tan
Body: clear tubing
Underbody: Pearl Flashabou
Wing: Arctic Fox -
Dave Bloom: Jim Morrison Minnow
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC #5263 #4-#6
Thread: Red A Cord
Eyes: Metal or Lead
Tail: Black marabou with red and blue KF
Body: Jim Morrison's chenille palmered with black hackle -
Dave McKee: Caicos Critter
SD
RECIPE:Hook: SKII3H #2-#4
Thread: Pink Flatwax Nylon
Tail: Barred Pumpkin Rubberlegs - nymph
Dubbing: UV Ice Dub or Hairs Ear
Eyes: Black Bead Chain
Wing: Gator Hair - tan; Red Fox body; UV Pearl Krystal Flash
Legs: Sili Legs barred Pumpkin - nymph -
Dandy Reiner: Spentwing CDC Caddis
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai-Riki 320, size 16-18
Thread: Brown 8/0
Reinforcement: Monofiliment clear
Thorax: Superfine dubbing-medium brown
Wing: CDC-natural brown
Body: Goose biot-tan -
Clark "Cheech" Pierce: Grumpy Frumpy
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 100 #14 (or 8-20)
Thread: Red 70 denier
Tail: Fly Tyer's Dungeon shuck yarn (brown)
Body: Yellow floss
Humps: Rainy's evazote foam (camel)
Band: Red thread
Hackle: Brown saddle hackle
Wing: White poly yarn
Legs: White small round rubber marked with sharpie -
Dave Tucker: Green Hornet
RECIPE
Hook: Daiichi #2051
Thread: Orange 8/0 Uni Thread
Body: Pink Wool
Ribbing: Fine Oval Silver Tinsel
Hackle: Hot Orange Schlappen
Throat Hackle: Purple Mallard Flank
Wing: 4 Shrimp Orange Neck Hackles tied back to back -
Dave Bloom: Honeymoon Parachute
Recipe:
Hook: tiemko 102y #15
Thread: tan
Tail: Elk mane or hock
Body: Hares Ear Plus #1
Post: Pink Hi Viz
Hackle: Brown or cree ginger variant -
Dave McKee: Hairwing Calibaetis
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 100 #16
Thread: 8/0 Rusty Dun
Tail: Grizzly Hackle Fibers
Body: Callibaetis Ultrafine Dubbing
Wing: Deer Body Hair -
Dave McKee: Dave's Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai Riki #075 size 16-18
Thread: Black 8/0
Tail: Woodduck Flank
Body: Red, Black, Copper Brown or Copper Wire
Wing: Woodduck Flank or Pearl Krystal Flash
Thorax: Peacock Herl -
Dave McKee: Long Horned Beetle
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai Riki #280 size 10
Thread: Black 6/0
Overbody: Black/Chartreuse Tyger Strip
Underbody: Longhorn Zelon Dubbing
Legs: Med. Black Round Rubberlegs
Indicator/Wing: Bleached Deer Body Hair
Antennae: 2 strands Brown Krystal Flash -
Dandy Reiner: Purple Haze
RECIPE:
Hook: Dia-Riki #320 #12,14,16
Thread: Glissen Gloss Rainbow Blend, Purple
Body: Larva Lace, Purple
Tail: Moose
Parachute: EP Fibers, Bright Pink
Hackle: Rooster Saddle Hackle, Grizzly -
Dandy Reiner: Pink Lady
RECIPE:
Hook: Dia-Riki #320, #12,14, 15
Thread: Uni-Thread, Tan 8/0
Tail: Coq De Leon Tailing Pack
Body: Turkey Biot, Grey Olive
Thorax: Superfine Dubbing, Adams Grey
Hackle: Grizzly Cape
Post: Ploypropelene Floating Yarn, White -
Dave Tucker: Winter Spey
RECIPE
Hook: Daiichi #2051
Thread: Orange 8/0 Uni Thread
Body: Pink Wool
Ribbing: Fine Oval Silver Tinsel
Hackle: Hot Orange Schlappen
Throat Hackle: Purple Mallard Flank
Wing: 4 Shrimp Orange Neck Hackles tied back to back
The combination of colors in the Winter Spey, has proven to be ... -
Doug McKnight: Breadcrust Wet Fly
Originally from Pensylvania, Doug now lives in Livingston, MT. He is currently a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and also creates beautiful display flies in custom shadow boxes.
In this video, Doug ties the Bread Crust Wet Fly, designed as a general trout fly. See below the video for t... -
Doug McKnight: Calibaetis Nymph
RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco 3761 #14-16
Thread: UTC 70 Olive
Tail: pheasant flank feathers
Rib; green ultra wire
Body: SLF squirrel dub natural grey
Thorax: pheasant tail fibers -
Doug McKnight: Art Flick Dun Variant
RECIPE:
Hook: Standard Dry Fly
Thread: UTC 70
Tail: Dun Hackle fibers
Body: Reddish brown hackle stripped
Hackle: 2-3 dun dry fly hackles 3-4 times oversized -
Doug McKnight: Pig Pen Leach
RECIPE:
Bead: Black Brass eye
Hook: #6-12 2XL nymph hook
Thread: UTC140 color to suit
Tail: Burnt Orange and Brown Marabou, single strand of flashabou
Body: Gold Variant Rabbit fur from the hide twisted into a dubbing loop -
Doug McKnight: Whisper Shrimp
RECIPE:
Hook: Std. Saltwater #1/0-8
Thread: UTC 140 color to suit
Tail: Tan craft fur or Polar fiber, orange pearl crystal flash
Antennae: Long strands of Black Pearl crystal flash, white spanflex colored with pink, tan sharpie markers
Eyes: Shrimp/crab eyes
Claws: Pair of rooster neck ha... -
Doug McKnight: Rasta Puff
RECIPE:
Hook: Std Saltwater #2-8
Thread: UTC 140 color to suit
Eyes: Bead chain
Wing: Polar fiber color to suit, spanflex, flash
Legs: spanflex, colored with permanent marker
Head: Antron Crystal chenille, color and size to suit -
Doug McKnight: Road Warrior Damsel
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 2488H #12
Thread: Olive UTC 140
Body: Pearl core Braid Olive
Tail: Olive Ostrich Herl
Wingcase: Olive Turkey Biots
Thorax: Olive dubbing
Legs: Dyed olive Ringneck pheasant saddle hackles
eyes: Mono nymph eyes -
Doug McKnight: Home Invader
RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco 700 #1/0-8
Thread: White Flat waxed Nylon, White UTC140 for smaller sizes
Eyes/weight: Lead wire, painted dumbell eyes
Body: White Marabou, White Fox Tail
Flash: Silver Flashabou, UV Herring Back Krystal Flash, Black Flashabou
Sides: Badger Rooster Neck Hackles
Cemen... -
Gordon Cordova: Green Caddis Rockworm
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Gordon Cordova: Blood Midge
Recipe:
Hook: size 18 curved caddis
Head: small petite cross stitching bead
Thread: 14/0
Ribbing: extra small red midge wire
Wing: antron
Thorax: peacock herl -
Harley Reno: Brillo Pad
Recipe:
Hook: Mustad 9674 sizes 4 or 6
Thread: Danville's 3/0 waxed fly master thread
Bead: Brass, copper, or silver bead in 7/32 or 3/16
Weight: 4" strand .20 or .15 lead wire (optional)
Tail: Six to Eight strands Flashabou in brass, copper, or silver (match to bead)
Hackle: UV Polar Cheni... -
Harley Reno: Elvira
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad 32756 or Eagle Claw 570 in 4, 6, 8
Thread: Danville's 3/0 waxed monocord in black, brown, or green
Eyes: Dazl-eyes in black or brass in 3/16 or 5/32
Tail: Black Marabou
Hackle: Rope made of Four strands Krystal Flas in ultraviolet or pearl, 1 Grizzly saddle hackle, 1 b... -
Harley Reno: MWB
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad 9672 or 9674 in sizes 2,4,6, 8, or 10
Thread: Danville's size 3/0 waxed monocord in black, brown, or tan
Head: Brass or copper cone in appropriate size
Weight: three inch strand of .20 lead wire (optional)
Tail: Black or Brown Marabou
Hackle: Rope made of Two strands ... -
Jay Buchner: Frisky Fly
RECIPE
Hook: Mustad 1x 3906b #12-#18 (any nymph type hook will work)
Bead: Gold to match hook size
Weight: 4 or 5 turns of lead wire to secure bead
Thread: 6/0 Danville prewaxed coffee or beige
Tail: Guard hair from Hare's mask or fox squirrel (optional: Two strands of pearl krystal flash)... -
Jay Buchner: Jay's Dun Caddis
RECIPE:
Hook: Standard Dry Fly #14-#18
Thread: 6/0 Danville Gray or to match Body
Body: 3-4 strands goose wing quill or other wing quill in natural or dyed colors
Wing: 2 Rooster or Hen body feathers
Hackle: Dun Hackle or to match body or wing color, over size one over hook size -
James Warren: Clouser Minnow
Recipe:
Hook: Any streamer hook. Stainless steel for saltwater.
Thread: Fine mono
Eyes: Lead or dumbbell eyes to match fishing conditions and water depth. Use zap-a-gap to secure to hook prior to tying
Body: White and pink Ice Fur or similar synthetic. Bucktail also works very well and was th... -
Jesse Riding: Rainy's Bead Back Scud
RECIPE;
Hook: Scud Hook – Sizes 12-18
Thread: Orange 6/0
Bead: 11/0 Amber Glass Beads (Or other to match desired color)
Dubbing: Rainy’s Sparkle Dub or similar antron dubbing.Places specifically used a lot: Tailwaters, Stillwater, or other places where scuds are abundant.
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Jesse Riding: Rainy's Ant
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 531 sizes 12-18 )Or similar SDF Hook.
Thread: Black 8/0
Body: Rainy’s Small Black Float Foam
Legs: Small Black Round Rubber Legs
Strike Indicator: Rainy’s 1/8” Evazote Sheet Foam (Orange or other desired color) -
Josh Stanish: Baetis Wonder Nymph
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 5212 # 16-20
Thread: 70 Denier Gray Brown UTC
Tail: Dark Dun Hackle Fibers
Body: Olive Standard Tubing
Thorax: # 29 Hareline Dubbing
Wing: Grizzly Hackle -
Josh Stanish: Biggie's IC Crayfish
RECIPE:
Hook: 3x Long streamer hook # 6-10
Thread: 140 Denier UTC thread
Antennae: Pheasant tail fibers and black round rubber
Wingcase: Turkey feathers
Claws: Filoplume feathers from saddle hackle
Body: Ice dub chennille (Tan)
Ribbing: Medium wire (copper)
Hackle: Ginger saddle -
Josh Stanish: Biggies Yellow Sally
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai Riki #305 or Tiemco #100 size 12-16
Thread: Gray 70 Denier UTC Thread
Tail: Micro Ultra Chennile Red
Body: Yellow Ice Dubbing
Wing: Deer Hair
Overwing: White Poly Post yarn
Legs: Pumpkin Sili Legs -
Josh Stanish: Bunny Dun
Recipe:
Hook: Standard or straight eye Dry fly Hook (TMC 101) #14-20
Thread: 70 Denier UTC Thread, Color to match
Tail: Light Dun Micro Fibbets
Body: Superfine Dubbing (PMD)
Wing: Light Dun snowshoe rabbit foot. -
Josh Stanish: Downy Dun
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai Rikki #310 #'s 16-22
Thread: UTC 70 Dun
Tail: Antron Yarn
Body: BWO Goose Quill
Wing: Brown or Gray Poly Yarn
Dubbing: Superfine -
Josh Stanish: Corn Fed Prince Nymph
RECIPE:
Hook: 2x Long Nymph Hook # 2-6
Bead: 1/4" Spirit River Brite Beads
weight: Size .030 lead wire
Thread: Flat wax nylon (Black)
Tail: Brown Goose Biots
Body: Ice Dub Chenille (Black)
Collar: Brown Schapplen
Wings; White Goose Biots -
Josh Stanish: Chubby Chernobyl
RECIPE:
Hook: 3x long nymph or streamer hook. # 4-10
Thread: 140 Denier UTC thread, color to match body
Tail: 6-10 strands of Krystal Flash
Dubbing: Amber Super Bright dubbing
Overbody: Tan 2mm foam
Wings: White Gator Hair or Poly Yarn
Legs: Pumpkin Sili Legs or Flex Floss -
Ken Burkholder: Veiled Egg
Recipe:
Hook: Daiichi X120 #16
Thread: Hot orange Danville
Yarn: Orange and Oregon Cheese egg yarn. -
Kenly Bitton: Golden Purple
RECIPE:
Hook: Alec Jackson #5
Thread: Black
Tail: Golden Pheasant Crest
Body: Small Purple Chenille
Wing: Golden Pheasant breast feather
Hackle: Purple saddle hackle -
James Warren: Tasty Toad
RECIPE:
Hook: Stainless Steel, Size 2
Thread: Chartreuse 6/0
Eyes: Lead eyes, zap a gapped to hook
Tail: Tan marabou tips, grizzly hackle tips, 2 – 4 strands tan midge flash per side on tail
Body: Chartreuse Ice Fur -
James Warren: Gotcha
RECIPE:
Hook: Any stainless saltwater hook, size 8 – 2 to match conditions
Thread: 6/0 pink
Eyes: Dumbbell eyes to match water depth. Tie pattern blind (no eyes), or with different size eyes to match the conditions you are fishing.
Tail: n/a although original pattern calls for a tail of unrav... -
James Warren: The Gurgler
RECIPE:
Hook: Stainless Steel 1/0
Thread: Gray 3/0
Tail: Equal parts white and gray Ice Fur or similar product (ep fibers, fishhair, ect). Tie in with darker color in the dorsal position.
Body: Pearl Cactus chenille or similar. Webby grizzly hackle palmered up body, longest hackle to the fr... -
Ken Burkholder: Burkus Baetis Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1130 #16
Thread: 8/0 gray thread (tyer’s choice)
Trailing shuck: Any nylon material like Z-lon.
Body: Gray goose quill (Blue Heron if you stumble across one in the field)
Rib: Thread colored with claret marker.
Dubbing: Nature’s Spirit Slate wool dubbing.
Wing: Gray... -
Kenly Bitton: Night Dancer
RECIPE:
Hook: Alec Jackson #5
Thread: Black
Tail: Red Pheasant Crest
Body: Small Black Chenille
Wing: Black Pheasant breast feather
Hackle: Purple saddle hackle -
Kenly Bitton: Peacock Blue
RRECIPE:
Hook: Alec Jackson #5
Thread: Black
Body: Silver Doctor Blue Crystal Chenille
Wing: Black Golden Pheasant breast feather
Hackle: Blue peacock breast feather; Purple saddle hackle -
Kieran Frye: KC's Brown Stonefly
Kieran Frye has been tying flies since 1981. He is an award winning tyer, including the 1994 Mustad Scandinavian Open held in Oslo, Norway. Many of Kieran's patterns were developed during his days afield in his home state of Pennsylvania.
Recipe:
Hook: Mustad 94831 #14
Thread: Brown 8/0 Uni
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Kieran Frye: KC's Emerger
Kieran Frye has been tying flies since 1981. He is an award winning tyer, including the 1994 Mustad Scandinavian Open held in Oslo, Norway. Many of Kieran's patterns were developed during his days afield in his home state of Pennsylvania.
Recipe:
Hook: Mustad Curved Nymph
Thread: Uni 8/0 color... -
Kieran Frye: KC's Foam Back Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad C49S sizes 12-16
Thread: 8/0 Uni color to match natural
Tail: Zelon shuck
Abdomen: Lucent Chenille color to match natural
Thorax: Australian Opossum loop dubbed color to match natural
Wingcase: Small piece of gray razor foam tied in and pulled over -
Kieran Frye: KC's Henryville Special
Kieran Frye has been tying flies since 1981. He is an award winning tyer, including the 1994 Mustad Scandinavian Open held in Oslo, Norway. Many of Kieran's patterns were developed during his days afield in his home state of Pennsylvania.
Recipe:
Thread: Black 6/0 Uni
Rib: Grizzly Palmered
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Kieran Frye: KC's Peacock
Kieran Frye has been tying flies since 1981. He is an award winning tyer, including the 1994 Mustad Scandinavian Open held in Oslo, Norway. Many of Kieran's patterns were developed during his days afield in his home state of Pennsylvania.
Recipe:
Hook: Mustad Midge Hook
Thread: 8/0 Uni Black... -
Kieran Frye: KC's Powder Puff CDC Emerger
Recipe:
Hook: Mustad C49S sizes 12-22
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni
Tail: CDC Puff tied short
Body: Lucent Chenille color to match natural
Wing: CDC puff tied short
Head: Several turns of mini ostrich herl -
Kieran Frye: KC's Shaggy Caddis
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad dryfly hook, sizes 10-18
Thread: 6/0 or 8/0 Uni, color to match the natural
Body/Wing Looped dubbed deerhair, color to match the natural
Hackle Whiting Grizzly, natural or dyed to wing color -
Kieran Frye: KC's Stonefly
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad Curved Nymph
Thread: Uni 6/0 color to match natural
Weight: Lead Free .025 wrapped around hook, smashed flat
Rib: Silver Wire
Tail: Goose Biots
Body: Dubbing to match natural
Thorax: Loop Dubbed Rabbit
Wing: Turkey Quill
Antennae: Fibers from the wing case -
Kieran Frye: KC's Woodchuck Nymph
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad curved nymph 12-14
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni
Tail: Small bunch of Groundhog guard hairs
Abdomen: Lucent Chenille – color to match natural
Wingcase: Whiting Henback tied in by the tip and pulled over or mottled turkey
Thorax: Ice dubbing to match natural -
Rick Wollum: Krystal Flash Chironomid
Rick started flyfishing at the age of six, at an uncle's cabin in Minnesota for bluegill. Flyfishing quickly became a lifetime pursuit in Colorado, with Rick spending a lot of time fishing Colorado's South Platte while he attended Denver University. He then started guiding with mentor Steve Herte...
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Rick Wollum: Ricks Rhycophilia
RECIPE:
8/O Olive thread
200r Tiemco Hook
Scud Back 1/8 inch tan
Insect Green Beaver Dubbing
Gold Wire
Pheasant tail Tippets
Rust Colored Beaver Dubbing -
Rick Wollum: Wollum Worm
Rick started flyfishing at the age of six, at an uncle's cabin in Minnesota for bluegill. Flyfishing quickly became a lifetime pursuit in Colorado, with Rick spending a lot of time fishing Colorado's South Platte while he attended Denver University. He then started guiding with mentor Steve Herte...
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Steve Potter: Goddard Caddis
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1280 size 8 to 18
Thread: Cream or brown 3/0 or flat waxed nylon for hair work 8/0 or 10/0 for hackle and head
Antenna: Hackle stem
Hackle: Brown saddle hackle -
Tim Tollet: Smidget
Recipe:
Hook: TMC 2488, fished wet. Daiichi 1640 for fishing it dry
Thread: 8/0 Uni Thread, in lt Cahill, Olive, Rust, or Brown
Tail: Lt Brown, Olive, Red, or Grey Antron body yarn
Body: 8/0 Uni Thread, in lt Cahill, Olive, Rust, or Brown
Over-body: McFly foam in Lt Yellow, Flats Crab Tan, M... -
Tyler Dimond: Provo River Special
RECIPE:
Hook: tmc dry fly hook in sizes 14-10
Thread: unithread 180 denier in black
Wing: cut foam
Under wing: flashabou
Body: brown synthetic dubbing -
Tyler Dimond: Dimond Midge
RECIPE:
Hook: dai-riki 270 in sizes 16-14
Thread: unithread 180 denier in black
Tail: crystal flash
Rib: gold wire
Abdomen: black thread
Wing case: crystal flash
Thorax: black doubbing or black thread -
Wayne Luallen: CDC Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1260, #14-16 or Daiichi 1130, #16-20
Thread: Danville’s Flymaster 6/0
Tail: Zelon or Microzelon
Abdomen: Ringneck or Golden Pheasant tail feather barbs
Thorax: Dubbing blend
Wing: CDC, Type #2 feather
Head: Dubbed Whip Finish -
Wayne Luallen: V-Wing Mayfly
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1260, #14-16 or Daiichi 1130, #16-20
Thread: Danville’s Flymaster 6/0
Tail: Zelon or Microzelon
Abdomen: Ringneck or Golden Pheasant tail feather barbs
Thorax: Dubbing blend
Wing: CDC, Type #2 feather
Head: Dubbed Whip Finish -
Willy Self: Willy's Crazy Rabbit
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1270 size 8
Thread: 8/0 Olive
Eyes: Mono
Tail: Jay Fair brown/olive marabou
Body: Jay Fair brown/olive marabou ribbed with chartreuce flashabou
Thorax: Jay Fair brown/olive long shuck
Wingcase: olive magic shell
Legs: Jay Fair brown/ olive shuck - trimmed. -
Willy Self: T-Rex Worm
RECIPE:
Hook : size 8 Scud
Thread : Red or Pink
Body : Rubber Squid Tenicle
Thorax Cover : Red Scud back
Head : Thread -
Willy Self: Willy's Sharptail Rabbit
RECIPE:
Hook - dia-riki 060 #8-#16
Tail - Sharptail grouse off the back.
Ribbing- braided french tinsel in gold.
Body - Hare's ear dubbing with some flash.
thorax - Black rabbit dubbing.
Hackle - Sharptail Grouse
Bead can be added behind hackle. -
Willy Self: Willy's Wired Squirrel
RECIPE:
Hook: dai-riki 060 #10-#18
tail: Squirrel body fur
Body: sized wire and color of choice.
Wing case: mylar flash.
Thorax: squirrel dubbing
Bead: can be added. -
Willy Self: Willy's Rubber May
RECIPE:
Hook: dia-riki 060 #10-#18
Tail-gadwall duck flank
Body- 2 colors of flexi-floss (Light & dark)choice of colors.
Wing case- mylar flash med.
Thorax- u.v. dubbing calibatis or other Bead can be added. -
Willy Self: Willy's Larva Lace Worm
Willy discovered his passion for fly fishing at the early age of six. Shortly thereafter, he began tying his own flies for trout, salmon steelhead, and shad. Willy found his love of lake fishing early and has continued to fish stillwaters, becoming known far and wide for his expertise and knowled...
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Willy Self: Double G
RECIPE:
Hook : size 8 thru 16
Thread : Grey or choice 70 denier
Tail : White poly or Widows web
Rear Body : Peacock Herl
Hackle : Grizzly
Center : Thread
Front Body : Peacock Herl
Wing : CDC puff color of choice
Head : Thread -
Willy Self: Willy's Fruit Rollup
RECIPE:
Hook: 730 Series 4, 6, 8, 10
Thread: 3/0 mono cord
Bead: Glass or Brass
Tail: Scud Back over Krinkle Flash
Body: Dubbed Simi Seal
Head: Bead -
Willy Self: Willy's Laser Midge
Willy discovered his passion for fly fishing at the early age of six. Shortly thereafter, he began tying his own flies for trout, salmon steelhead, and shad. Willy found his love of lake fishing early and has continued to fish stillwaters, becoming known far and wide for his expertise and knowled...
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Willy Self: Da Midge
RECIPE:
Hook : size 16 #075 Dia - riki
Thread : Black 70 denier fly master plus
Tail : Pearl Krystal flash
Body : Thread
Rib : Small Silver Wire
Throax : Black dubbing
Hackle : Black soft hackle
Over Wing : Krinkle Mirror Flash
Head : Thread -
Bob Jacklin: Western March Brown
RECIPE:
Hook: 2x long Nymph
Thread: 3/0 Rusty Brown
Tail: 3 tails, Pheasant Tail
Body: Australian Opossum Dubbing
Ribbing: Med. Brown Vinyl Rib
Thorax: Australian Opossum Dubbing
Wing Case: Brown Turkey Tail over which is placed Brown Body Stretch
Legs: Partridge Breast Feather
Head: A... -
Dan Delekta: Delektable Boneyard
RECIPE:
Hook: Gamakatsu #SL11-3H in sizes #2, #4, #6, #8
Thread: Pink 3/0 Uni-thread
Eyes: For sizes #6 and #8 size small silver bead chain eyes; size #4 Medium Silver bead chain eyes; size #2 Real Eyes plus 5/32” Nickel/Red. All eyes to be super glued to Hook Shank.
Tail: Six strands of Kr... -
Kieran Frye: KC's Craney Fly
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad dryfly hook, sizes 10-12
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni thread
Body: Moose body hair tied on a needle
Wing/Post: The butts from the end of the extended body tied on the hook, then lifted upright like a wing or parachute post.
Hackle/Legs: 8-10 moose body hairs divided equally o... -
Doug McKnight: Crimp
RECIPE:
Hook: Std. Saltwater #2-6
Thread: UTC 140 color to suit
Weight: Lead or bead chain eyes to suit
Eyes: glass bead on #16 mono, dipped in epoxy
Tail: craft fur, spanflex, krystal flash
Body: sparkle yarn, colors to suit
Wing: craft fur, krystal flash
Legs: spanflex
Weed guard: 12... -
Matt Wilhelm: Peacock Softhackle
RECIPE:
Thread: 6/0 Black
Hook: Dai Riki #125 emerger hook sz 14-16
Body: Peacock herl
Rib: Small copper or gold wire
Thorax: Peacock Ice Dubbing
Hackle: Hungarian Partridge -
Doug McKnight: Sweetgrass Hopper
RECIPE:
Hook: #6-10 2xl nymph hook
Thread: UTC 140 Hopper Yellow
Body: Rainy's Crosslink foam 4mm, cream or tan
Legs: Rainy's Barred Rubber legs, tan or Yellow
Wingcase: Tan opaque Razor foam
Wing: Tan Neer Hair, or Antron yarn -
Dave McKee: Carp Pattern
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai Riki 710 #4
Thread: Black Fwn
Tail/Wing: Black Rabbit Strip
Rib: Copper Wire
Body: verigated chenille
Fin: India Hen
Head: Black Deer Hair / White Deer Hair -
Dave McKee: Bow Rive Bugger
RECIPE:
Hook:Tiemco 9395 size 2
Thread: White Flat Waxed Nylon
Weight: .025 Lead Wire
Tail: Black and White marabou with Blue Flashabou
Rib: Copper Wire
Hackle: Grizzly Saddle
Body: Lg. Dk. Olive Chenille
Head: Natural and White Deer Body Hair -
Doug McKnight: Lowrider Sculpin
RECIPE:
Hook: Wapsi Super Jig Hook
Thread: Flat waxed nylon
Tail: Olive zonker strip
Belly: Mouse Grey Zonker strip, rainbow crystal flash
Fins: Dyed Olive pheasant saddle feathers
eyes: large mono nymph eyes
Head: Dark olive furry foam, glued with Zap Goo -
Jesse Riding: J's Hi-Tie Sally
RECIPE:
Hook: 1X Long Dry Fly Hook
Thread: Yellow 6/0 & Red 6/0 for Egg cluster
Body: Rainy’s Yellow 1/8” Evazote sheet foam
Wing: Natural Light (Bull) Elk hair
Hackle: Brown Dry Fly Saddle -
Brandon Tueller: Zig-Zag
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Dan Delekta: Delekable CDC Elk Hair Caddis
RECIPE:
Hook: Std. Dry Fly; sizes #14, #16, #18
Thread: 6/0 Brown Danville
Body: Ice Dub UV Cinnamon
Hackle: Whiting Brown Furnace
Rib: Fine Gold Wire
Under wing: CDC Dun (Gray) color tied full
Over wing: Light Bull Elk
Legs: Sili legs Nymph size Brown Solid
Head: Dubbed head to match ... -
Howard Cole: Unusual Usual Flav Biot Emerger
SD
RECIPE:Hook: Dai-Riki 300 #14 & #16
Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0 Olive Dun
Undertail: Z-lon Amber or CDC Gold/ Amber
Tail: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
Abdomen: Goose or Turkey Biot Olive
Thorax: Dubbing Dark Olive
Wing: Snowshoe Rabbit Dark Dun
Hackle: Saddle or Cape Hackle Grizzly/Olive
Eve... -
Tim Tollet: Abaco Bunny
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 800s in 2, 4, 6, 8
Thread: Flat A Pink
Eyes: Size 5/32" gold Real Eyes w/ brigh orange stick on eyes
Tail: Tan Rabbit with 3 Lt clear/hot orange Wiggle Legs
Body: Tan Rabbit, dubbed
Weed Guard: .22" Mason hard mono -
Shannon McCormick: Tube-Truder
SD
RECIPE:Begin with a 1 1/2 " aluminum tube
From the rear of the fly forward:
Target (butt): pink dubbing ball
Flash: Crystal flash or Flashabou
Hackle (1): stripped Rhea feather
Hackle (2): stripped Amherst Pheasant tail
Hackle (3): stripped Guinea feather or mallard flank
Head: bla... -
Howard Cole: UCONN Emerger
SD
RECIPE:Hook: Tiemco 900BL #14-#20
Thorax: Glass Bead 11/0-15/0 Diamond
Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0 Rusty Dun
Tail: Z-lon Amber
Body: Dubbing Dark Olive
Overbody: Z-lon Dark Olive
Wing: Deer Hair -
Pete Boll: Eumer Steelhead Killer
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James Warren: Billfish Popper
RECIPE:
Hook: Owner AKI 6/0 (two hooks)
Eyes: 1/2" Silver Prismatic Stick on
Tail: Yellow, Chartreuse, Turquoise, Green Griz Schlappen
Head: Foam Cylendar, Gold Tape, Pantone Markers -
Chris Williams: Muddler Minnow
RECIPE:
Hook: Gamakatsu 1/0 or 2/0 jig hook
Thread: red UTC 140
Bead: large tungsten cone followed by a 3/16” tungsten bead
Eyes: yellow doll eyes super-glued to cone
Body: orange crinkled flashabou wrapped and then pulled back and tied down for more flash. Then add some black flashabou stra... -
Jesse Riding: J's Spidey Sense
RECIPE;
Hook: Standard Scud Hook Size 12
Thread: Black 6/0
Eyes: Rainy’s Bug Eyes
Body: Rainy’s Black 1/8” Evazote (Cut to shape)
Hackle: Black Dry Fly Saddle
Legs: Black Sili Legs
Indicator: Orange Acrylic paint
Species used for: Panfish, Bass, Trout, etc.
Places specifically used a lot... -
Matt Wilhelm: March Brown Emerger
RECIPE:
Thread: 6/0 brown
Hook: Dai Riki #125 emerger hook sz 12-14
Tail: Pheasant tail fibers
Body: Turkey tail fibers
Rib: Small copper or silver wire
Thorax: Tan dubbing
Hackle: Hungarian Partridge -
Tyler Dimond: Purple Czech Nymph
RECIPE:
Hook: tmc scud hook in sizes 14-12
Thread:black uni thread 180 denier
Abdomen: synthetic polar bear in purple sparkle (doubbing)
Shell back:strip of flat flash
Rib: gold wire -
Dean Riner: Wilted Spinach
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Charles Barton: Universal Spey
Recipe:
Hook: Daiichi salmon fly hooks size 3/0 down to size 10
Thread: Clear Mono
Eyes: Barbell or bead chain (he uses Wapsi "Real Eyes")
Tag: Holographic Tinsel wound down the hook bend and back up
Body: Pine squirrel zonker palmered to just behind the eye.
Collar: Whiting Spey feather, a... -
Doug McKnight: Sasquatch
SD
RECIPE:Hook: 4x-6x long Streamer hook
Thread: UTC 140
Eyes: Lead Dumbbell eyes
Tail: Brown and Burnt Umber Marabou
Legs: Tan speckled rubber legs
Body: Woodchuck Hair spun into a loop of Med. gauge wire -
Howard Cole: Yellow Sally
SD
RECIPE:Hook: Tiemco 5212BL #12-#16
Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0 Tan
Undertail: Z-lon Amber
Tail: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
Abdomen: 1/3 Dubbing Flourescent Orange 2/3 Dubbing Creamy Yellow
Wing: Z-lon Dun
Thorax: Dubbing Creamy Yellow
Hackle: CDC Light Dun
Wing Case: Ethafoam Thin -
Howard Cole: Loop Wing March Brown
SD
RECIPE:Hook: Tiemco 900BL #12 & #14
Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0 Gray
Tail: Micro-Fibetts Brown or Dark Dun
Underbody: Gray Thread
Body: Flexi-Floss Brown or Super Floss Brown
Wing: Teal Flank Fibers
Hackle: Sadddle or Cape Hackle Cree -
Jerry Criss: TLF BWO Softhackle
RECIPE:
Hook: 103 Bl #17
Thread: Rusty Dun or Grey
Tail: Micro Fibits
Body – Danville Stretch Nylon (Brown)Or Brown Dry fly Dubbing
Thorax: Pink Ice Dub
Hackle: lt t Dark Dun Soft Hen Hackle -
Jerry Criss: Possum Hair Nymph
RECIPE:
Hook: Heavy wire scud hook #16 to #12
Thread: 8/0 Rusty Dun
Body: Possum under fur
Rib: Fine copper wire
Hackle: Possum hair spun in a dubbing loop and wrapped as hackle -
Jerry Criss: BWO Pullover
RECIPE:
Hook: 103 Ba #17
Thread: 8/0 Rusty Dun or Grey
Tail: Micro-fibits dun or Coq de Leon
Body: Fine Dry fly Light grey to Olive
Rib: Lt cahill tying thread or rusty dun
Hackle: Grizzly or Dunn tyer
Hair stacker or pullover style -
Jerry Criss: Partridge and Green
Recipe:
Hook: #18-#10 standard wet fly hook
Thread: Rust Dun
Body: Green Superlon – Beading cord or silk
Floss: Persahair
Thorax: Peacock Herl
Hackle: Partridge -
Jerry Criss: TLF Deer Hair Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook: Klinkhamer #16-#20 or lt wire scud #16-#14
Thread: Rusty dun or Tan
Tailing Shuck: Antron or poly, 8-10 strands cream or white
Body: Danville stretch nylon
Rib: Fine Silver wire
Wing: Deer Hair (fine)
Hackle: Fire or Grizzly -
Jerry Criss: Bleeding Minnow
RECIPE:
Hook: 200r or 2X streamer hook #4 to # 10
Thread: 8/0 rusty dun to olive "UNI"
Tail: Grey Artic Fox Tail
Underbody: Fine foil lead with the rest of the Tailing material wrapped forward
Body: Mylar ribbon material to match your water
Throat: White to grey artic fox tail
Wing: Grey... -
Jerry Criss: Classic Irish Mayfly
RECIPE:
Hook: Standard wet fly hook #16 to #10
Thread: 8/0 Olive
Tail: Amherst Pheasant 4 to 5 barbs
Butt: Ostrich hurl or peacock hurl
Body: Olive silk or tight dubbing
Rib: Oval tensil silver
Thorax: Olive dubbing wrapped loose
Hackle: Yellow French Partridge
Note: These flies can be a... -
Steve Potter: Dahlberg Diver
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 2546
Thread: Gudebrod GX2 or Danville's Flat Waxed Nylon 210 Denier
Legs: Krystal Flash Pearl, Three or Four Whiting American Rooster Hackleplaced on each side of the hook away from each other.
Head: Stacked Deer Hair or Cow Elk Your choice of colors. I like mellow nat... -
Jerry Criss: Beadhead Calibaetis
RECIPE:
Bead: One size smaller than normal for hook size
Hook: Mustad 390613 #18 to #12
Thread: Rusty Dun 8/0
Tail: Lemon Duck or Moose Body
Body: Hare’s ear
Rib: Fine Brass
Thorax: Hare’s ear or darker fur wing-case: pheasant tail, flash material, or Moose body
Legs: Partridge - Light ... -
Jerry Criss: BWO Softhackle
Recipe:
Hook: #20 to #14 TMC -102y or Light wire dry fly hook
Thread: Rusty Dun to grey 14/0 to 8/0
Tails: Micro-Fibits or Coq de Leon
Body: Goose Biot, Blue Wing Olive
Thorax: Possum - Seal or Mole Fur
Hackle: Dun Soft Hackle -
Jerry Criss: Damsel Nymph
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 206 BL #16-#14
Thread: Lt Olive
Tail: Lt olive arctic fox tail hairs
Body: Med-dark Olive arctic fox under fur
Body Veiling: Lt olive fox tail hair
eyes: Plastic eye or bead chain eyes, blk or olive -
Jerry Criss: Green Drake Extended Body
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 206 BL #14-#10
Thread: Dark to Med Olive 8/8
Tail: Micro-Fibits or Paint Brush
Extended Body: Deer Hair olive - “Fine”
Thorax: Olive Dubbing
Wing: Olive Mallard Flank
Hackle: Light-olive or Grizzly -
Josh Stanish: Ug bug Spruce Moth
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 100 # 10-14
Thread: 140 Denier Brown UTC
Body: Tan 2 mm Foam
Underwing: Tan Poly Yarn
Overwing: Cinnamon Para Post
Legs: Speckled Tan/Brown Centipede Legs
Collar: Hare’s Ice Dubbing Hares Ear
Bullet Head: Tan 2mm Foam -
Josh Stanish: Rubber Leg 20incher
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 2302 #6-14
Thread: 6/0 Black Uni thread
Bead: 5/32" Black Bead
Tail: Dark Brown Goose Biots
Rib: Medium Red Wire
Abdomen: Peacock Herl
Underwing: Large Mirage Tinsel
Wingcase: Mottled Oak Thin Skin
Dubbing: Dark Hare's Ear
Legs: White Living Rubber Legs and Speckled ... -
Josh Stanish: Carpet Sowbug
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 2457 Scud Hook # 12-18
Thread: 70 Denier Black UTC
Tail: (optional) Mallard Flank Feather
Dubbing: Gray Carpet Scud Dubbing
Wingcase: Medium Black Holographic Mylar Tinsel -
Josh Stanish: Turk's Power Ant
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 101 # 12-16
Thread: 70 Denier Black UTC
Dubbing: Mahogony Brown Superfine
Wing: White CDC
Parachute Post: Pink Para Post
Legs: Medium Round Rubber
Hackle: Brown
Over body: Black 2mm foam -
Josh Stanish: Biggies Sculpin
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC #300 #2-8
Thread: UTC 140 Olive
Tail: Olive Zonker Strip
Body: Olive Polar Chenile
Peck Fins: Grizzly Olive filoplume
Collar: Olive Brown Deer hair
Head: Olive Brown Deer hair -
Jerry Criss: TLF Steelhead Magic
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 7989 or any Black Lt wire steelhead hook
Thread: Black 8/0 or 6/0
Tail: Red Arctic Fox
Body: Silver Tinsel
Thorax: flour orange
Hackle: Arctic Fox Purple (Make hackle in a dubbing loop) -
Dan Delekta: Delektable Mega Prince
RECIPE:
Hook: Streamer #6, #8, #10
Thread: Black 6/0 Danville
Bead: Copper
Tail: Dyed Grizzly Brown Marabou
Body: Peacock Herl
Rib: Copper Wire
Weight: .030 tin along side of hook shank
Legs: Silly barred pumpkin/green
Antennae: White Goose Biot
Hackle: Dark Brown Speckled Hen Back
H... -
Doug McKnight: Slingblade Spoonfly
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad #34011 stainless long shank #1/0-6
Thread: UTC 140 color to suit
Weight: .010-.025 lead wire
Eyes: black Laquer applied with a toothpick
Tail: Rabbit fur, flash, sili legs
Body: Brassie size ultra wire, epoxy, glitter, model paint; Epoxy turner is handy for this one -
Dean Reiner: Hackle Stem Crane Fly
RECIPE:
Hook: Dia-Riki #320, #10 & 12
Thread: Uni-Thread, Brown 8/0
Body: Rooster Saddle stem, Saddle Brown
Thorax: Superfine dubbing, Brown
Legs: CDC, Black
Wing: Hen Cape, Pale Watery Dun -
Dean Reiner: CDC Parachute Caddis
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai-Riki #320, # 12,14, 16
Thread: Uni-Thread, Tan 6/0
Wing: CDC, Natural Dun
Body: Rooster Saddle stem, Saddle Brown
Thorax: Superine Dubbin, Brown
Parachute: EP Fibers, White
Hackle: Rooster Saddle, Grizzly -
Dean Reiner: Kamikaze Hopper
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai-Riki #320 size 8
Thread: Uni-Thread, Tan 6/0
Butt: Uni-Thread, Red 6/0
Underwing: CDC, Natural Dun
Hackle: Coq De Leon Rooster Cape
Wing: Ozark Turkey, Mottled
Rib: Oval French Tinsel, Gold
Thorax: Superfine Dubbing, Olive -
Dean Reiner: Land's Pattern
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai-Riki #320, #12
Thread: Uni-Thread, Brown 8/0
Wing: Hen Cape, Pale Watery Dun
Tail: Hen Cape, Pale Watery Dun
Body: Rooster Saddle Hackle stem, Saddle Brown
Thorax: Superfine dubbing, Brown
Hackle: Coq De Leon Rooster, Badger -
Matt Wilhelm: SOH Streamer
RECIPE:
Thread: 3/0 to match
Hook: Dai Riki #710 streamer hook
Tail: Olive marabou
Body: Verigated Chenille
Wing: Rabbit super strip
Legs: Black rubber bands
Hackle: Hen hackle
Eyes: Medium barbell eyes -
Matt Wilhelm: Grey Drake Cripple
RECIPE:
Thread: 6/0 Gray
Hook: Dai Riki #320 dry fly hook sz 12
Tail: Gray Z-lon
Body: Gray goose biot
Thorax: Gray dubbing
Hackle: Gray rooster saddle
Wing: Elk -
Pete Boll: Eumer Leech
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Clark "Cheech" Pierce: Petite Sirloin Stone
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 200R #4
Thread: Uni 6/0
Body: Rainy's X-Flies Tube Bodiz stonefly orange
Underwing: Tan CDC
Wing: Brown deer hair
Head: Burnt orange deer hair
Legs: Fly Tyers Dungeon baby legs alive (tan) colored with brown and orange marker
Indicator: 2mm foam -
Charles Barton: Belizeable
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 2143, size 1(red straight bend back eye salmon hook)
Thread: Clear Mono
Tag: Holographic Tinsel wound deeply onto the bend and back
Body: Three separate Whiting Farms spey hackles, wound on from the tag forward. Colors can vary but the last feather (the veil) should al... -
James Warren: Pink Sailfish Fly
RECIPE:
Hook: Owner AKI 6/0 (two hooks)
Thread: Red "B26 Fly"
Eyes: 1/2" Silver Prismatic Stick on
Body: Pink Schaden
Thorax: Pink Marabou
Overwing and Head: 3/4" Foam popper head/w Pink Prismatic Tape -
Steve Potter: Cicada
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1750 size 8
Thread: Flat Waxed Nylon
Body: Stacked Deer Hair, white on top for fisherman
Antenna: Hackle stem
Legs: Centiped Legs, medium
Hackle: Oversized neck hackle, just at the hook gap -
Jesse Riding: Rainy's Bumble Bee
RECIPE:
Hook: Large Gap Dry Fly #6
Thread: Yellow 3/0
Eyes: Rainy’s Bug-Eyes or similar light plastic Barbell
Body: Rainy’s 3/8” Bumble Bee Bodies
Hackle: Black Dry Fly Saddle (Undersized)
Wing: Black Goose Biots
Legs: Barred Yellow Sili Legs
Glue: Gel Super Glue
Antanae: Rainy’s Bug-E... -
Jesse Riding: Rainy's Gorilla Stone
RECIPE:
Hook: 3X Streamer hook sizes 4-10
Thread: Orange GSP 100
Body: Rainy’s Gorilla Body
Overwing: Natural Dark elk hair (Cow)
Underwing: Rainy’s Tear-Drop Wing material or Similar.
Legs: Brown Round Medium Rubber Legs
Places specifically used a lot: Adult Stoneflies are a very partic... -
Doug McKnight: Deer Hair Popper
RECIPE:
Hook: Bass bug hook, or standard saltwater hook.
Thread: Flat waxed nylon white
Tail: 3 or four pairs of wide webby Rooster neck hackle, white, brown, yellow dyed grizzly, crystal flash
Head/Body: Deer belly Hair white; Deer body hair, brown, Black
Legs: 3 or 4 medium round rubber ... -
Doug McKnight: ER Crab
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 811s
thread: Chartruese UTC 140
Eyes: Lead Dumbell
Tail: Marabou, rooster neck hackles, krystal flash
legs: Natural color rubber legs, colored with Sharpie markers
Body: Furry foam split in half, glues together with Zap Goo -
Doug McKnight: Deer Hair Slider
SD
RECIPE:Thread: Flat Wax Nylon
Eyes: Doll Eyes
Tail: 4-6 Saddle eyes
Body: Spun Deer Hair trimmed to Bullet Shape
Weed Guard: Heavy Mono -
Harley Reno: Orcky
Recipe:
Hook: Mustad 32756 or Eagle Claw 570 in sizes 2,4,6, or 8
Thread: Danville's size A thread in Black, Brown, tan, or Green
Eyes: Dazl-eyes in black in size 7/32, 3/16, or 5/32
Antennae: Matched pair of 6 inch long saddle hackles
Pincers: Two 3 inch long brown saddle hackles
Tail: thr... -
Jay Buchner: Jay Dave's Hopper
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad 9671, Dai Riki 280
Thread: 3/0 mono to match body color
Tail: Dyed red Elk
Body: Polypropolene Yarn
Hackle: Brown or badger
UnderWing: deer hair
OverWing: Turkey tail sprayed with urethane
Legs: Golden pheasant tail fibers knotted
Head: Deer Hair Spun in 2 bunches -
Gary Jones: Woven Stonefly
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Ken Burkholder: Bear Back Rider
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 4660 #4
Thread: Amber Pearsall’s Gossamer silk thread.
Dubbing: Golden brown ICE-DUB
Foam: 1mm light brown craft foam; 3mm dark brown craft foam.
Wing: Brown bear hair.
Legs: Brown PERFECT RUBBER -
Ken Burkholder: Bear Hair Golden Trude
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1260 #6
Thread: Amber or Antique Gold
Pearsall’s Gossamer silk thread.
Body & Tail: Moose hair, stacked.
Overbody: Alec Jackson’s Peach
Japanese silk floss.
Rib: Brown or Java Brown Pearsall’s
Gossamer silk thread.
Wing: Brown bear hair.
Dubbing: Nature’s Spirit ... -
Dandy Reiner: Pink Pookie
RECIPE:
Hook: Dai-Riki 320, size 6-8
Thread: Fluorescent orange or red 6/0
Body: Pink 2mm ribbed Fly Foam
Wing: First-light or bleached elk hair; Second-light gray or tan thin Fly Foam folded back to form the head, topped with orange Fly Foam for the strike indicator
Legs: Medium speckled-... -
Randy Flynn: Sandy Mite
RECIPE:
Hook: Size 8 Daiichi 1710
Thread: Brown 6/0 Uni-thread
Body: Tan or brown horse mane woven with 3 strands of orange embroidery floss. (Emboidery floss has six strands. Separate out three of them for weaving.) When woven in, the floss forms a stripe on the underside of the fly.
Hackl... -
Randy Flynn: Skating Cranefly
RECIPE:
Hook: Size 8 Daiichi 1750
Thread: Brown 6/0 Uni-thread
Body: Tan or brown horse mane woven with 3 strands of orange embroidery floss. (Embroidery floss has six strands. Separate out three of them for weaving.) When woven in, the floss forms a stripe on the top of the hook shank.
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Randy Flynn: The Hatchmatcher
RECIPE:
Hook - Sizes 16-22 Tiemco 500U
Thread - 8/0 Uni-thread
Wing, Tail - Mallard Drake Breast Feather
Body - Small amount of dubbing in appropriate color
Hackle - Dry fly neck or saddle in appropriate size and color -
Randy Flynn: Woven Hair Hackle Dry Fly
RECIPE:
Hook - Size 10 Mustad 94840 or similar standard dry fly hook. If and up-eye hook is preferred, Use a Size 10 Daiichi 2421
Weaving Thread - 6/0 Uni-thread
Tying Thread - 6/0 in appropriate color
Tail - Badger Guard Hairs
Body - Tying thread
Hackle - Northern Whitetail Deer Hair wov... -
Rocky Maley: Gold Purpy
RECIPE:
Hook: 3/0 Allen Jackson eyed hook
Thread: Black
Body: Purple Berlin Wool
Rib: Gold Tinsel
Hackle: Bronze Tip Rooster Coke
Wing: Bronze mallard -
Rocky Maley: Lady Caroline
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Rocky Maley: Blue Bird Spey
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Rocky Maley: Grey Eagle
RECIPE:
Tag: Silver twist
Tail: Ted breast feather from the golden pheasant
Body: Yellow, light blue, and scarlet seal's fur
Ribs: Silver lace and silver tinsel
Hackle: Gray eagle, from blue fur ( substitute marabou)
Throat: Widgeon ( teal for large patterns)
Wings: Two strips of brown m... -
Rocky Maley: Orange Whorehouse
RECIPE:
Hook: AJ 3
Thread: utc 140 white
Tip: blue oval tinsel
Tag: JC orange silk
Butt: black ostrich hurl
Rib: flat silver
Body: burnt orange silk
Collar: long orange hackle
Wing: married strips of orange, black and orange turkey tail in order
Head: orange -
Steve Potter: Sawyer Nymph
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Steve Potter: Dahlberg Rabbit Strip Diver
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Steve Potter: Swimming Baitfish
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 2546
Thread: Gudebrod GX2 or Danville's Flat Waxed Nylon 210 Denier
Body: SF blend White Botton, Tan Top
Head: Stacked Deer Hair or Cow Elk Whit on Bottom, Tan top -
Tim Tollet: Sexy 60's Crab
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 800s in 2, 4, 6, 8
Thread: Flat A Pink
Eyes: Size 3/16" gold Real Eyes w/ brigh orange stick on eyes
Tail: Light Tan marabou w/ 3 clear/hot Wiggle legs
Body: guts of dyed Super Pearlescent Mylar Tubing, size XL (light blue, yellow, light Pink, lime, and pearl)
Under Body... -
Willy Self: CDC Caddis Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook : size 16 true 10 scud style
Thread : 3/0 mono cord or choice
Body : CDC dubbing
Rib : French Tinsel
Under Wing : Krinkle Mirror flash
Hackle : Sharptail Grouse
Head : Black dubbing -
Willy Self: Micro Zonker
RECIPE:
Hook : 3xl size 8 #285 Dia - Rikki
Thread : 3/0 Mono cord
Tail : Pearl Krystal Flash
Body : SLF Prizm dubbing olive brown
Under Body : .20 lead
Wing : Squirrel Zonker strip
Collar : Wrapped pine squirrel -
Wayne Luallen: Stuck Shuck Midge
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1140 or 1130, #20-24, or Daiichi 1110 #20-26
Thread: Benecchi 12/0
Tail: Microzelon, pearlescent mylar, opalescent mylar (all can be left straight, twisted, or furled), and/or Whiting Farms Grizzly Hackle tip.
Abdomen: Flat thread
Rib: Optional – twisted thread
Thora... -
Wayne Luallen: CDC Spinner
RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1110, #14-22
Thread: Danville’s Flymaster 6/0
Tail: Most any hard hair or synthetic
Abdomen: Thread or dubbing blend
Rib: Twisted thread
Thorax: Dubbing blend
Wing - Type 1 or 2 Nature's Spirit Goose CDC feather(s) - (Note: See article about CDC by Hans Weilenmann )... -
Willy Self: Willy's Squirrel Cray
RECIPE;
dia-riki 285 #10-6
antennae - flexi-floss & orange marabou
thin skin of your choice(lt olive fly spec used)
Squirrel stripped zonker color of choice.
Hen soft hackle(choice)
Medium wire or magic stretch
Lt olive dubbing or color of choice. -
Willy Self: Willy's UV Cray
RECIPE:
Hook: size#8 dia-riki 280
Thread: olive thread 3/0 mono
Ribbing: black flexy floss
Underbody: orange marabou
Body: mottled olive and black flake(slither skin)soon to be on thw market.
Dubbing: Light olive u.v.dudding
Pincers: slither cone skin cut pinchers
Hackle: olive grizzley... -
Willy Self: Larva Lace caddis
RECIPE:
Hook : size 8 thru 18
Thread : 3/0 mono cord
Body : Chartruse Larve Lace
Under Body : Calibateis UV dubbing
Thorax : Black Dubbing
Head : Black bead